Election forecasts (IMAGE)

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Election forecasts

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Forecasts of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections, developed using polling data from up until Election Day. The darker colored bars show the model's forecasts, and the lighter colored bars are the election results. States for which the model produced incorrect predictions are written with green text.

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Figure courtesy of Alexandria Volkening, Daniel F. Linder, Mason A. Porter, and Grzegorz A. Rempala.

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